Starting a business - Score in Russia
Russia: Starting a business - Score was 93.06 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Russia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Russia stood at 93.06. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Russia peaked at 93.06 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 69.72, in 2003.
That places Russia 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Russia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 69.72 | — |
| 2004 | 79.3 | +13.7% |
| 2005 | 81.33 | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 81.67 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 81.74 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 81.98 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 82.16 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 82.05 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 82.11 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 84.94 | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 88.6 | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 91.62 | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 91.8 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 93.02 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 93.03 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 93.04 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 93.06 | +0.0% |
Russia compared with similar countries
- Russia's 93.06 is above the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Russia's 93.06 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.32, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 79.7 | 69.72 | 82.16 | 7 |
| 2010s | 89.33 | 82.05 | 93.06 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Russia
More private sector data for Russia
- Merchandise trade 28.2% (2025)
- Food imports 10.9% (2021)
- Manufactures imports 79.8% (2021)
- Merchandise imports 302.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.6% (2021)
- Manufactures exports 22.1% (2021)
- Merchandise exports 419.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,922 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1637 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -3.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Russia?
- Starting a business - score in Russia was 93.06 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Russia?
- The highest recorded value was 93.06 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Russia?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.72 in 2003.
- How does Russia rank for starting a business - score?
- Russia ranks 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Russia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Russia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.